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Mike DelGuidice, Music of Billy Joel (And Much More) Under The Stars
An outdoor evening celebration with favorite songs and great food benefiting Favarh - The Arc of the Farmington Valley, Inc.
When and where
Date and time
Friday, September 8 · 6 - 9pm EDT
Location
Simsbury Meadows Performing Arts Center 22 Iron Horse Boulevard Simsbury, CT 06070
Refund Policy
About this event
- 3 hours
- Mobile eTicket
Experience the magic of Mike DelGuidice live at Simsbury Meadows Performing Arts Center outdoor concert venue. Bring your friends and family to party under the stars with sounds from rock artists like Billy Joel, Elton John, Paul McCartney, and more of your rock-n-roll favorites. Bring your folding chairs, blankets, and picnics and grab a seat on the lawn! Or reserve a table for eight friends up front. Even better, join us for the VIP experience with a table for eight guests catered by award-winning Metro Bis Restaurant including wine and parking. Gates open at 6:00 pm for the lawn, 5:00 pm for VIP seating, and the show starts at 7:00 pm!
VIP TABLE SEATING
- $1,000 Friends of Favarh VIP Table includes a gourmet picnic for eight guests catered by Connecticut's award-winning Metro Bis Restaurant, four bottles of wine, VIP Parking for four cars, and a tax-deductible donation to support Favarh. Early entrance at 5 PM. (See menu below.)
- $400 VIP Table for eight guests. Bring your own picnic! Early entrance at 5 PM. VIP Parking for two cars.
LAWN SEATING
- $30; $5 for children 12 and under. $35 the day of the concert. Gates open at 6 PM.
- VIP LAWN SEATING $10 add-on. Come early to picnic on the lawn for an additional cost and enter early through the VIP entrance at 5 PM. Children (12 and under) accompanying adults are admitted early at no extra charge.
CONCERT TIME
Concert begins at 7:00 PM. Gates open at 6:00 PM for picnicking. VIP Tables and VIP Lawn Guests may enter at 5:00 PM.
FOOD & DRINK
- Beverage/Bar Service and Ice Cream will be available on-site for purchase.
- Bring your own picnic! The fancier the better!
- No outside alcohol, canopies, or tents allowed.
- Metro Bis menu (below) is only available to Friends of Favarh VIP Table attendees.
PARKING AND ADDITIONAL INFO
Gates
Entry to the lawn begins at 6:00 pm. VIP Guests may enter beginning at 5:00 pm. Concert begins at 7:00 pm.
Parking
Favarh asks that you please carpool whenever possible. Limited free parking is available off Iron Horse Blvd. and throughout Simsbury. On-site parking is reserved for VIP Table guests only. Handicapped-parking is available with a shuttle running from Henry James School.
Weather*
In the case of severe weather, the concert will be canceled on this website, simsburymeadowsmusic.com, and Facebook and Twitter pages of Favarh and Simsbury Meadows.
* All tickets are non-refundable. There is no official raindate.
Clean Up
Please help by bagging your trash and depositing it in the available containers.
Strictly Prohibited on the Grounds
Smoking, outside alcohol, drugs, ball playing or other sports equipment, pets, fireworks, sparklers, firearms or any other incendiary device, radios, boom-boxes or other stereo equipment, solicitation or unauthorized concessions or handouts, tents, tarps and large tables, lewdness, drunkenness or other inappropriate behavior. Audio and video recording and flash photography are prohibited during the performance.
First Aid
First Aid services are available in the southwest corner of the site, near the front of the lawn. Trained First Responder personnel are also stationed throughout the grounds.
Lost and Found
Lost and Found is located in the First Aid Tent during the concert. At all other times those items will be available at the Simsbury Performing Arts Center Office (the small grey building located near the playground, across from the back of the stage.)
Restrooms
Portable toilets are located on-site.
Handicap Accessibility
Handicapped accessible restrooms are designated at the concert site. Handicapped parking is available at Henry James Memorial School with a free shuttle to and from the venue.
Directions
The Simsbury Meadows Performing Arts Center is located at 22 Iron Horse Blvd., one block east of Rt. 10/202 in historic downtown Simsbury, CT.
From Hartford: Take Albany Avenue (Route 44) westbound to Avon. At the second intersection of Routes 44 and 10/202 (white church), turn right onto 10/202 toward Simsbury. Follow for 4.6 miles to Drake Hill Road. Turn right onto Drake Hill Road to first left onto Iron Horse Blvd. Please follow signs as directed.
Directions from I-84: Take Exit 39 to Farmington. At the intersection of Routes 4 and 10 in the center of Farmington, turn right onto Route 10 (Waterville Rd.). At the intersection of Route 10 and 44, turn left onto Route 44 (East Main Street) toward Avon. In the center of Avon, at the intersection of Route 44 and 10/202 (white church), turn right onto 10/202 toward Simsbury. Follow for 4.6 miles to Drake Hill Road. Turn right onto Drake Hill Road to first left onto Iron Horse Blvd.
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About the organizer
Favarh helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities live as independently as possible, experience continual growth and live the lives they want to lead.